SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGY

Sustainability continues to be one of the four main strategic pillars of Akçansa’s vision. Since our establishment nearly 30 years ago, we have carried out our activities in line with sustainability principles with the aim of creating value for our stakeholders and contributing to societal development. This approach has become an integral part of the way we conduct our business.

In 2025, within the scope of our sustainability strategy, we continued to contribute to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. In the new period, we aimed to respond effectively to the expectations of all our stakeholders and to share our sustainability performance transparently through clear, simple, and internationally aligned indicators. We strengthened our processes by benefiting from numerous local and global standards. In this context, the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), UN CEO Water Mandate, the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD), the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS), the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) industry guidance, the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) Climate Change and Water Security Program guidelines, the Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index indicators, and the Sustainability Principles Compliance Framework of the Capital Markets Board of Türkiye constituted our key reference sources. Throughout 2025, we comprehensively reviewed and assessed all sustainability-related risks and opportunities.

Akçansa’s sustainability strategy is built on five core focus areas. These areas represent key pillars that support our sustainability objectives and form an integral part of our long-term business strategy. In 2024, taking into account our stakeholders’ expectations regarding sustainability, we reviewed the key performance indicators and targets defined for each of our focus areas. In this context, we updated our “2030 Sustainability Targets” and expanded our existing focus areas by incorporating “Sustainability-Linked Finance and Reporting” into our strategy.

In 2025, we continued to carry out our initiatives in line with our updated targets. Within this framework, we remain committed to integrating sustainability into all our business processes in the areas identified to achieve our sustainability goals, while continuously improving our processes.